spatting

verb

present participle of spat
as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily we tend to spat over money more than anything else

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Recent Examples of spatting Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spatting
  1. bickering
  2. fighting
  3. arguing
  4. quarreling
Verb
  • Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There’s striker Josie Gordon, bickering twin sisters Siobhan and Niamh, glove-shunning goalie Katie ‘Boots’ Quinn and couple Maddie and Margy.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bickering
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  • And the World Health Organization says nearly 700 people have been killed in Yemen since fighting escalated last month.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • And the World Health Organization says almost 700 people in Yemen have been killed since an escalation in fighting last month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of fighting
Verb
  • Savan Pourharton wants to sell beer from the GG Mart on Farmington Avenue at Wannowmassa Lane, arguing that the convenience store part of his business could qualify as a grocery store.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that allowing the case to move forward prevents the lower court from considering Pike’s allegations from her childhood.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of arguing
Verb
  • Sunday, a caller reported hearing two men quarreling and someone stating that a person would be taken into custody.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But for Benjamin Franklin, the Haudenosaunee’s federal governing model was a perfect solution for how to get quarreling colonies to work together.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of quarreling

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“Spatting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spatting. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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